Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, 27 September and Friday, 29 September.

The pole vault has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896.

Medalists

Gold	Nick Hysong  United States
Silver	Lawrence Johnson  United States
Bronze	Maksim Tarasov  Russia

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
27.09.2000 – 10:00h	27.09.2000 – 10:00h
Final Round
29.09.2000 – 18:30h

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in meters) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World Record	6.14 m	Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994
Olympic Record	5.92 m	Jean Galfione	France	Atlanta, United States	2 August 1996

Results

All distances shown are in meters.

• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• AR denotes area/continental record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best

Qualifying

Held on Wednesday, 27 September 2000.

The qualifying height was 5.75 m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the highest jumps until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Group A

Place	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Qual	Record
1	3	Dmitriy Markov	Australia	5.70	q
2	4	Viktor Chistiakov	Australia	5.70	q
3	T10	Tim Lobinger	Germany	5.65	q
3	12	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	Russia	5.65	q
5	T10	Lawrence Johnson	United States	5.65	q
6	13	Montxu Miranda	Spain	5.65	q
7	14	Stepan Janacek	Czech Republic	5.65
8	15	Rens Blom	Netherlands	5.65
9	T16	Jean Galfione	France	5.55
10	T20	Danny Krasnov	Israel	5.55	SB
10	T20	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	5.55
12	T22	Thibaut Duval	Belgium	5.55
13	T26	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	5.40
14	32	Nuno Fernandes	Portugal	5.25
		Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	NM
		Ruhan Isim	Turkey	NM
		Igor Potapovich	Kazakhstan	NM
		Robison Pratt	Mexico	NM

Group B

Place	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Qual	Record
1	1	Nick Hysong	United States	5.70	q
2	2	Daniel Ecker	Germany	5.70	q
3	5	Michael Stolle	Germany	5.70	q
4	6	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	5.70	q
5	T7	Alexander Averbukh	Israel	5.65	q
5	T7	Okkert Brits	South Africa	5.65	q
5	T7	Maksim Tarasov	Russia	5.65	q
8	T16	Paul Burgess	Australia	5.55
8	T16	Javier Garcia	Spain	5.55
8	T16	Kevin Hughes	Great Britain	5.55		SB
11	T22	Ilian Efremov	Bulgaria	5.55
11	T22	Martin Eriksson	Sweden	5.55
13	25	Manabu Yokoyama	Japan	5.55
14	T26	Chad Harting	United States	5.40
14	T26	Dominic Johnson	Saint Lucia	5.40
16	29	Joao Andre	Portugal	5.40
17	31	Romain Mesnil	France	5.40
17	30	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	5.40
		Photis Stefani	Cyprus	NM

Overall qualifying results

Place	Athlete	Nation	Group	Mark	Qual	Record
1	Nick Hysong	United States	B	5.70	q
2	Daniel Ecker	Germany	B	5.70	q
3	Dmitriy Markov	Australia	A	5.70	q
4	Viktor Chistiakov	Australia	A	5.70	q
5	Michael Stolle	Germany	B	5.70	q
6	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	B	5.70	q
7	Okkert Brits	South Africa	B	5.65	q
	Maksim Tarasov	Russia	B	5.65	q
	Alexander Averbukh	Israel	B	5.65	q
10	Tim Lobinger	Germany	A	5.65	q
	Lawrence Johnson	United States	A	5.65	q
12	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	Russia	A	5.65	q
13	Montxu Miranda	Spain	A	5.65	q
14	Stepan Janacek	Czech Republic	A	5.65
15	Rens Blom	Netherlands	A	5.65
16	Jean Galfione	France	A	5.55
	Paul Burgess	Australia	B	5.55
	Kevin Hughes	Great Britain	B	5.55		SB
	Javier Garcia	Spain	B	5.55
20	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	A	5.55
	Danny Krasnov	Israel	A	5.55		SB
T22	Ilian Efremov	Bulgaria	B	5.55
	Thibaut Duval	Belgium	A	5.55
	Martin Eriksson	Sweden	B	5.55
25	Manabu Yokoyama	Japan	B	5.55
26	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	A	5.40
	Chad Harting	United States	B	5.40
	Dominic Johnson	Saint Lucia	B	5.40
29	Joao Andre	Portugal	B	5.40
30	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	B	5.40
31	Romain Mesnil	France	B	5.40
32	Nuno Fernandes	Portugal	A	5.25
	Ruhan Isim	Turkey	A	NM
	Photis Stefani	Cyprus	B	NM
	Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	A	NM
	Igor Potapovich	Kazakhstan	A	NM
	Robison Pratt	Mexico	A	NM

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Notes
1	Nick Hysong	United States	5.90	PB
2	Lawrence Johnson	United States	5.90
3	Maksim Tarasov	Russia	5.90	SB
4	Michael Stolle	Germany	5.90
5	Viktor Chistiakov	Australia	5.80	SB
	Dmitriy Markov	Australia	5.80
7	Okkert Brits	South Africa	5.80
8	Daniel Ecker	Germany	5.80
9	Montxu Miranda	Spain	5.70
10	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	5.50
	Aleksandr Averbukh	Israel	5.50
	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	Russia	5.50
13	Tim Lobinger	Germany	5.50

References

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• sports-reference